floating island

English

Etymology

Calque of French île flottante.

Noun

floating island (plural floating islands)

  1. An aggregation of driftwood and roots, or vegetation, capable of bearing soil, which floats on the surface of (bog or lake) water or is floated out from a river delta or similar.
    • 2010, C. Barry Cox, Peter D. Moore, Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach‎[1], page 225:
      Such a floating island could carry small animals such as frogs, lizards, or rats, the resistant eggs of other animals, and specimens of plants not adapted to oceanic dispersal.
  2. A French cold dessert consisting of an "island" of meringue, made of egg whites and sugar, floating in a "sea" of custard.
  3. Synonym of kitchen island.
    • 2006, Trends Very Best Kitchens & Bathrooms, page 69:
      The floating island doubles as a place for the children to do their homework and eat meals.

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